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Acts are alleged to have occurred in 2024 on set of TV drama The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield acted in and directedA grand jury in New Mexico has indicted the actor Timothy Busfield on child sex abuse charges, officials announced on Friday.Busfield was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo county district attorney’s office said in a statement.In the US, call or text the […]

Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari reluctant to share details of $10bn trust in row with Christie’s auction houseA high court battle over a Picasso painting has shone a light on the offshore financial structures of an Iranian-born businessman who paid for Nigel Farage’s £50,000 trip to Davos.The details about Sasan Ghandehari, who funded Farage’s tickets to the summit, emerged in court papers about a £4m claim brought by a British Virgin Islands […]

The US State Department has said the economic penalties are necessary to 'stem the flow of revenue' to Tehran.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Only a smattering of Republicans spoke out about clip in which Obamas’ faces were superimposed on bodies of apesUS politics live – latest updatesTop Democrats erupted with fury on Friday and challenged more Republicans to respond to Donald Trump posting a racist video that depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.The clip appeared during one of the 79-year-old US president’s increasingly frequent late-night posting sprees to his Truth Social account, […]

Exclusive: RCR says recruitment freezes in treatment centres doubled in 2025 and could undermine government’s care plansHospitals have banned units which diagnose and treat cancer from hiring doctors as part of an NHS cost-cutting drive, despite the growing demand for care.Exactly half of the UK’s 60 specialist cancer treatment centres had a freeze on recruiting clinical oncologists imposed on them during 2025, more than double the 13 (23%) seen the […]

Peer and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser met disgraced financier before formal foundation of Global CounselBoss of lobbying firm founded with Peter Mandelson quitsPeter Mandelson’s former lobbying firm sought work with companies controlled by the governments of Russia and China shortly after he left ministerial office, according to emails the disgraced former minister forwarded to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The emails show how Mandelson and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser scrambled to drum up […]

Two coins celebrating Queen Elizabeth II criticised for failing to resemble late monarchTwo Australian coins commemorating Queen Elizabeth II have been criticised for failing to resemble the late monarch.The $5 (£2.56) and 50c (26p) silver coins, created by Royal Australian Mint to commemorate the centenary of the queen’s birth, were released in an online ballot that closed on Wednesday. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article